When it comes to capturing lightning on a camera, timing is everything. Most times, the lightning strikes so quickly, the viewer isn't fast enough to take the picture.

Professional photographers use the combination of a digital single lens reflex camera and long shutter exposures to capture the elusive strikes, but a simple iPhone app has changed this.

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Lightning Cam, is a simple iPhone app that triggers the shutter and takes the picture the second lightning strikes. Lightning Cam has different settings to help capture the perfect strike, depending on the lighting conditions and how close the lightning strikes are.

Click on the related content to see a lightning picture KOCO meteorologist Jonathan Conder took with the Lightning Cam app while storm chasing in Kansas last week.

Click here to download the Lightning Cam app, which retails for $1.99.

If you do try lightning photography, remember to take your safety precautions. You don't want to be the tallest object, or near the tallest object in the area. The safest place to take lightning photos is from inside your home through a window.